Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-13
Local News.

Hon. Moses NJ. Strong has been in
Madison during the week.
George Masten, Jr., is home from
Chicago on visit
w. w. Williams, county clerk, was
in town on Thursday.
Extensive water works will be put
in at GAINESVILLE this year.
The business men of Mineral Point
will doubtless adopt the eight o'clock
rule
Adam Dresser took a business trip
to Lancaster, Boscobel and other points
this week
Mrs. J. b. Doe, Jr., of GAINESVILLE, is
visiting in this city, the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Prideaux.
VIM. Lanyon, Jr., is up from Pitts
burg, Kansas, where the Lanyon
Brothers smelling works are situated.
l. c. Comfort and Mr.. Crowel, of the
firm of Crowel & Wilson, of Cobb.
were callers at The Democrat Office on
Tuesday.
The pupils at the State school at
Sparta are recovering from an epidemic
of measles. Fifty were sick at one
time.
Miss Fanny Thomas returned home
on Wednesday evening after spending
the past year at Manchester and An
amosa, Iowa.
The signal service predicts local
rains for Wisconsin. The people of
this vicinity would be thankful for
a good local or general rain.
improvements are still being made
on the Henry residence. The latest
is large and handsome veranda,
the handiwork of the Mckinley Bros.
Owing to the prevalence of scarlet
fever at Madison the board of educa-
ton, under advice from the board of
health has ordered all the ward schools
closed.
c. II. Reading, proprietor of the
Mineral Point breeding stable, received
another fine imported draft stallion
from the Galbraith Brothers, of James
vile, last week.
The general laws passed by the Wis
consin legislature during the session
of 1887, are issued as supplement to
The Democrat this week. Readers
will do well to file it away for refer
ence.
Miss Clara Miller left on Monday
for Dubuque, to visit her brother.
From Dubuque she intends going to
Chicago to remain for some time.
Miss Clara carries with her the good
wishes of many friends.
J. ). Slower, well driller, recently
sunk a well for Thomas Lawler of
Ridgeway, which is probably the deep
est well in this section of the stat tie,
being 2l0 feet from the surface to the !
bottom.
William Larned, Cassville, Grant
county, was killed by the cars on Fri
day of last week. He was crossing
some trestle work and being old and
feeble he was unable to leave the track
before the train struck him.
Many ladies admire gray hair-on
some other persOn-but few care to
try its effects on their own charms.
They need not, since Ayers Hair Vigor
restores gray hair to its original color
sold by druggists and perfumers.
Brother Rindlaub, of the Platteville
Witness, spent Sunday in this city on
4 visit Ia his son, J. II. Rindlaub,
assistant principal of the high school
His many friends will be glad to know
that he is rapidly recovering from his
recent severe illness.
The Marbles supported by their own
company played here all last week to
crowded houses and delighted audi
ences, giving the best of satisfaction.
Billy Marble and his estimable wife
have always been popular with the
theater goers of Mineral Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Farr arrived
here last week and are visiting with
the brides parents Mr.. and Mrs Rothe.
They will remain here short time
when they will start on trip east on
a visit to Mr.. Fairs parents after
which they intend returning to their
home in Nebraska.
The first extensive public improve
ment to be made in Mineral Point
should be an improvement and en-
largement of the City Hall. BY ex-
tending the building back to the alley
on the north fine large hall could be
secured; and of such hall the city is
greatly in need.
There is a movement on foot to
arrange for the closing of stores and
other phases of business in Mineral
| Point at eight o'clock in the evening.
excepting Saturday, from now until
October lst Eight o'clock is late
enough for most business houses to
keep open, and the movement ought to
be successful.
Our neighboring city of Monroe,
surrounded as it by cheese factories
and creameries, is prosperous growing
city. The farmers in this vicinity
seem to have awakened to the fact tina:
they will add to their own as well as
to our city's prosperity by engaging
in industries for which this section is
peculiarly adapted.